Corner-socket.



Nb. 896,085. Y PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

- 3. M. CHASE. CORNER SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILE D SEPT. 3, 1907.

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4 atto'rmug UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERWOOD M. CHASE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHASE FOUNDRY ANDMANU- FAGTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CORNER-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 3, 1907. Serial No. 391,067.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, SHERWOOD M. CHASE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at lumbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corner-Sockets, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to corner sockets, and is designed morearticularly for use in connection with multip e deck trucks. In trucksof this character the legs or supports for the superimposed decks restupon the lower deck near the corners thereof and are held againstlateral movement by projections from the lower deck engaging the innersides of the legs or supports. As there is such a projection inside eachof the four legs,

under normal conditions the superimposed deck is held against lateralmovement, but when a heavy load is placed upon the deck and particularlyif it is massed near the center thereof, the inclination is to spreadthe legs, causing the lower ends thereof to slip over the corners of thelower deck.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for preventingthis spreading of the legs of the superimposed dec which means can bereadily attached to the lower deck; which will be interchangeable sothat it can be placed u on any corner of that deck; and which wil beprovided with means for holding the same against movement relatively tothe su orting deck.

With these 0 ects in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction to be hereinafter described, and then morefully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of onecorner of a truck showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on the line a; a; of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is adetail view of the corner socket.

In these drawings I have illustrated the preferred form of my invention,in which the socket is shown as applied to the corner of a portable deckfor a truck constructed according to a known design and consisting ofside and end members 1 and 2 provided with a support or leg 3, theadjoining ends of these members overlapping and being united by a threearm bracket 4 which is secured thereto by suitable rivets 5. As hereshown, the side and end members, as well as the supporting member, aremade of angle iron, the lower end of the angular leg or support restingupon the corner formed at the intersection of the side and end membersof the deck below. A bolt 6 extends upwardly through the connectingbracket and the horizontal portions of the end and side members andprojects beyond the upper side thereof where it is provided with asuitable nut 7 and forms a projection ada ted to extend between the twomembers 0 the angular support and retain the same against movementtowards the interior of the deck, and, as one of these projectionsengages each of the four supports or legs, it will be evident that thesuperimposed deck is held against all lateral movement. The constructionof the deck and the corner bracket is such that the bolt 6 extendsthrough the same slightly out of the central line, that is, it islocated further from the end wall than it is from the side wall, or viceversa. I

In order to overcome the tendency of the legs 3 of the superimposed deckto spread when a heavy load is placed upon that deck, I provide thelower deck at each corner with a socket comprising a. plate 8 suitablysecured to the corner, as by providing an aperture 9 therein engagingthe bolt 6 beneath the nut 7. This plate 8 is rovided with suitableprojections, such as t e upwardly extending flanges 10 extending fromadjoining sides there of which are adapted to engage the lower ends ofthe legs of the superimposed 'cmck and retain the same against outwardmovement. Inasmuch as the projection or bolt 6 is not centrally arrangedrelatively to the side and end members, it will be apparent that theplate 8, the aperture of which is adapted to engage the projection atthe right hand corner of one end of the deck, would not so lit the lefthand corner of that end as to bring the aperture 9 into properengagement with the projection, thus making it necessary in setting upthese decks to fit each socket to the corner to which it is to beapplied, the process consuming a considerable amount of time andrendering necessary the manufacture of at least two forms of sockets. Toovercome this difficulty and inconvenience I provide the plate 8 withdownwardly extending flanges 11 extending in a direction opposite to theflanges 10 and constructed similar thereto, thus making it possible toapply the plate 8 to any corner of the deck, as the simple reversing ofthe same will cause itto fit either a right or a left hand corner.Further, the downwardly extending projection serves as a guiding memberto hold the plate against movement about its pivotal center formed bythe engagement of the same with the projection.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a corner socket which can bereadily attached to any corner of a truck deck andwhich is provided withmeans not only to prevent the outward movement of the legs of thesuperimposed deck, but also with means to prevent the movement of thecorner socket relatively to the deck, and that the socket is reversibleto fit the opposite corners of the deck and that, when so reversed, thefunctions of the retaining members and the guide members are reversed,the members, which, in the first position, served to retain the legs ofthe superimposed deck against outward movement, serving in the secondposition as guide members to hold the socket itself against movement,and vice versa.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described, for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. Thecombination, with a supporting member, and a member to be supported, ofa reversible plate having two adjoining outer edges provided withprojections extending fromthe op' osite sides thereof, the projection oneac lside being adapted to serve either as a guide member ada ted toengage said supporting member and old said plate in position or as aretaining member adapted to engage said member to be su ported andretain the same against outwar movement, and means for securing saidplate to said supporting member.

' 2. The combination, with a supporting member having an upwardlyextending projection, and a member to be supported, of a reversibleplate having an aperture adapted to engage said projection and providedwith guide members adapted to engage said sup porting member and holdsaid plate in position, and retaining members adapted to en'- gage saidmember to be supported and retain the same against outward movement.

3. The combination, with a supporting member having an upwardlyextending projection, and a member to be supported, of a plate having anaperture adapted to engage said projection and having two adjoiningouter edges thereof provided with upwardly extending flanges adapted toengage said member to be supported and retain the same against outwardmovement.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' l Witnesses:

A. L. BRUEGGEMAN, GEO. G. MERRING.

